[PDF.72tr] Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport

Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport

[PDF.mx72] Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport

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 | #1143034 in Books |  2014-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.90 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| fun way to learn history|By R. Penn|If you enjoy nonfiction, this book is for you. It reads like a dissertation, but is full of really interesting and quirky facts relating to the sport of competitive walking. I had no idea walking was such a huge draw before the sports we now take for granted became popular. This book tells the history of competitive walking and the characters| |

“Matthew Algeo’s ‘Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America’s Favorite Spectator Sport’ (Chicago ) is one of those books w

Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America’s most popular spectator sport wasn’t baseball, boxing, or horseracing—it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six straight days (never on Sunday), risking their health and sanity to see who could walk the farthest—500 miles, th...

You easily download any file type for your device.Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport   |  Matthew Algeo. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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